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Ex-football referee Coote charged over indecent image of child
The Guardian
|September 11, 2025
The former Premier League referee David Coote, who lost his job last year after a series of scandals, has been charged with making an indecent image of a child.
The former Premier League referee David Coote, who lost his job last year after a series of scandals, has been charged with making an indecent image of a child. According to Nottinghamshire police, the charge is of the most serious Category A offence and relates to a video recovered by officers in February.
This story is from the September 11, 2025 edition of The Guardian.
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